Our word for the week: LIGHT (You can download it in a PDF or download in MSWord). Please print it and post it everywhere as you allow His word to light your path this week.
His WORD for us this week: “I am the light of the world. If you follow Me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” John 8:12, NLT
Today’s Assignment: Start or continue reading chapter 5. This is a shorter chapter but oh so important!! Be sure to highlight or underline anything that resonates in your heart and journal what you sense God is showing you.
Connecting: What are one or two things you’ve read so far in Chapter 5 that you sense God’s bringing to “light” for you? Are there verses or sentences you’ve underlined or highlighted? Click “share your thoughts” just below this post and do just that.
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As I was reading Chapter Five, the statement on page 89 about it being important for us to realize that damaged emotions and insecurities from our past really do determine how we see ourselves today, really was just what I needed to see and hear…deep within my being. The effects of Chapter Four are still surfacing as Jesus walks this path of hurts with me, speaking healing. It is so important for me to remember that those insecurities I developed because of past hurts can still have influence over me if I don’t keep my focus where it needs to be. SO grateful for this study…and for online prayer warriors.
I just read your post Dianna after what I posted below. I so know how you feel, it is where I am also…God be with you my sweet friend…I am praying for us…!!
I love to read about Gideon….what an encouragement to see how God uses little things and little people, little strength when we are committed to HIM. My verses are posted in front of my stationary bike so as I pedal I read and pray and try to let God’s word flow into my life. Light and Truth are words that God is bringing into my mind these days as I read chap 4.
Hi friends,
For me, what I am calling “the three C’s” on page 91 hit home….comparison, conflict and criticism….which cause me to take my eyes off God’s strength and focus on my own weaknesses. I don’t know a woman out there who isn’t vulnerable to the three C’s!!
Another thing that stood out was on page 92. I wrote in my margin: Doubt is a CHOICE. This was a new insight I gained as you shared “the shadow of doubt had been cast over my thoughts and emotions because I had stopped living in the security of God’s promises.” I am definitely becoming more aware of my “doubt cycle”. When I’m involved in a Bible study, and regularly in God’s Word, I am more confident, even despite my circumstances. However, I easily forget to acknowledge where this confidence came from, and then things like the three C’s or lack of self-discipline can quickly result in me switching my focus back onto myself and the lies of self-doubt and despair.
God revealed to me today that my spirit is stubborn, and at times I definitely want to hold onto SELF, even though I know it is destructive. I often protect and defend SELF, rather than yielding and receiving what God has FOR me and what he wants to do IN me. I definitely connected with your prayer, Renee,…..that a mind fixed on flesh (SELF) is death, but the mind fixed on the SPIRIT is life and peace. It will definitely help me to TURN more quickly when I think of my choices that way. I know it will forever be a daily process of dying to self, (taking up my cross), until God has finished his transforming work in my life.
Thanks Lisa! These are really great insights and such TRUTH! Helped me see the weakness in me… stubbornness and self. May we both die to the lie… and be transformed as we turn toward the transformation process in us daily.
Wow..this chapter hit me right in the core of my heart. I too am like Gideon letting my thoughts get the best of me. God has been speaking to my heart lately that I have to lay down negative thoughts and claim the positive words that he has spoken over me no mattter what the circumstances may appear to be. The Lord has promised he will never leave us nor forsake us and just as he answered Gideon he will be with us and striking down our enemies…even the enemy of doubt! I just love what God is doing; it is not about us it is about him but he makes it all about us. Even in the midst of our doubts he patiently and lovingly waits. What a gentleman he is! This entire book so far has opened my heart to the unconditional love that God has for me I feel like I am falling in love all over again with the most incredible person ever…..my sweet Jesus! Someone I can turn to that will not turn away from me…. even when I am not the most pleasant nor the perfect person…he takes all that and turns it into beautiful because that is just who is and what he does…no other reason but to be the light that will cast out all the darkness in our lives! Amen what an encouraging chapter!
AMEN
On page 87, it says, “…when we focus our attention on ourselves, we turn our attention away from God.” Songs really help me to connect with Biblical principals, and as soon as I finished reading this chapter, the hymn by Helen Lemmel called “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus” came to my mind. The refrain is as follows:
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
That will be my prayer this week, that I will turn my eyes upon Jesus, so that my focus will be on Him rather than the things of this world.
It all seemed to resonate with me, On the list of doubts that assail us, I could check them all off. I see that I need to quit focusing on my failures and doubts that I can never change and start thinking on God and His promises.
I’m afraid to try some things again, because I failed so badly, but if God calls me to do it, then I must focus on Him and His strength just like Gideon did. I like how you said to “ask God to use our doubts to draw us into a deeper dependence on Him and His promises.” I’m ready to start turning!
Blessings,
I just loved reading about Gideon today and that “God is not Limited by Our Limitations.” That often God will call you beyond your limitations to do somethings that requires faith and its not about what He wants us to do but what He wants to do in us. I know so many times because of my fear of who I am and forgetting whose I am in Christ I too get focused on the shadow and not the light. So I am learning to stand on the promises of God and turn to the light and trust that God is working all things out for good and He has a plan for my life to prosper and to be filled with hope. Through all of this He is drawing me deeper and deeper into Him. There have also been some real trials along with this and there have been times I have not completely turned to the light but I am growing in my walk with Him and I am so thankful for that.
I find it interesting that as I’ve been reading this book along with another book the word ‘light’ keeps appearing…such as in our verse for this week! AND…
Psalm 18:28 reads…’For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.’
Psalm 119:105 reads…’Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.’
Due to circumstances that happened in my past I’ve always lived in ‘this dark world’…yet I’m just learning now, thank God, that HE, the King of kings and Lord of lords is my light!
To God give glory for opening my eyes and lighting my world!
Amen Marcia! As you continue to turn toward him his light will over power the shadow of the negative of your past and bring to light how he can turn your past it into something postive! I pray he will continue to lead you by the lamp of his word. Thank you for sharing I relate to living in the shadow of my past as well…but the unconditional love of Jesus washes all that away and shines the light of his grace and mercy and they are new every morning!
Jennifer be encouraged
For a lifetime church going person, many choices on my timeline does not bring God glory. But TODAY, my choice is to praise Him. He has stood beside me and loved me always. Unbelief has been broken, I KNOW that HE loves me or He would have had many opportunites to forsake me. HE is FAITHFUL.
Just focus on bringing Him glory with each decision. He is the Healer and no “mess” in our life can surprize Him. He knew us when HE choose us. I am so Thankful. Keep seeking His Wisdom with me as we learn and lean on Him.
yes, I am so comforted to know the verse, can’t remember exactly now, but that says he formed us in the womb intricately. He made us who we are and as long as we praise Him and remember that HE is not a punative God, but a loving Father, then I think it’s important. I will definitely focus on bringing Him glory when I make decisions. I had not done that in the past and I learned a hard lesson from it.
There were two statements that really spoke to me in ch.5. The first is ” …Our family of origin does not define our true identity. Once we become daughters of the King, we have a royal inheritance that determines who we are.” Wow! I think that is exciting! The other statement reads “…When we focus our attention on ourselves, we turn our attention away from God. We leave no room in our thoughts to listen to what He is thinking about us, because we have given that place away to be occupied by other people’s opinions. We become overly concerned about what others think of us instead of what God thinks about us.” I want to make sure I always leave room in my thoughts to hear what God thinks about me.
Karen C
I agree with your sentiments. My own Confirmation Pastor told me I was too sensitive. It was only when I when through counseling that my therapist told me that my senstitivity was part of my personality and can be used for God’s Glory. Being sensitive helps me to identify with other’s pain. I can work on my issues that came from my family of orgin ,but I doesn’t haven’t to be ashamed of me.
I have learned instead of fighting and trying to change my personality into what the world thinks is “normal”, I am me. I was made to be this way for a reason. I can remember when I was little my dad would beat me with a belt and I would cry so much and he told me that if I cried he would keep on and I couldn’t stop as it hurt bad so he would keep on and then I would pee all over the floor and then he said that was reason to do it again and he would keep on and on. It took me years to straighten out the image of God the Father from my biological father. I have forgiven my father and he is older now. But it took me a long time to do that.
Oh Jennifer I am so so so sad and heart broken for your abuse. I’m so thankful and moved by how you’ve allowed God to heal your brokenness and how you have forgiven your father. What a picture of redemption and grace you are.
You are PRECIOUS and HONORED in HIS sight and HE loves you!! Is 43
Thanks so much for reminding me to listen to what God has to say about me. I actually read before I went to sleep last night and this morning I was still thinking about it. I to do not always leave room to listen to God and what He has to say but I too am going to try to do better with this also.
The statement that rang so true for me was “If I can’t maintain healthy relationships at all times in all areas, how could I help others?” With the situation I have been dealing with the past 6 months, this statement has been what I have been living. I have left all ministry leadership after becoming sick. This thought Renee wrote has crossed my mind many times.
I am waiting for God to show me what He has for me now. The study has been good for me.
That confuses me. My career is in a helping profession yet I can’t even get my own life healthy. I wish I had the money to stop working and take a leave to just get it together but I can’t. I keep giving and giving and feel like a sponge by the end of the day all wrung out.
That sentence is actually a quote about my doubt – how I doubted God could use me to help others if my life wasn’t all together. That is not true – God uses us as long as we’re available for HIM to work through us. His power is perfected in our weaknesses not in our strengths.
But I am praying for you to have a balance in the pouring out you do and the time you have for HIM to pour into your heart and your life. Few of us can just leave our jobs to take care of ourselves but He does want us to let Him pour the living water of His word and His spirit into us so that our “sponge” or our heart isn’t all wrung out. Praying for just even 10 mins each day for you to soak up His love for yoU!
Oh Jennifer. I pray that your sponge may filled with God’s living water.
yesterday after work, I went by an old church I love and the doors are always open. I prayed there and asked God to fill me with water like the Samaritan lady at the well and that I knew if he loved her for her background, He would still love me too. I thanked him so much for blessings in my life. I know I don’t have to go to church to do that but I felt led to do that after work and it did help my evening have a better peace.
Jennifer,
You are right that you don’t have to go to church to pray but when you follow His leading like that it is such a blessing. I am glad that you had that special moment with God.
I did not leave my full-time business or part-time job but did leave my ministry leadership positions at my church after becoming ill.
I have found that it is in those areas of my life, perhaps in the midst of the pain or the healing that God has used me and those hurtful times to encourage someone else. I was more helpful at those times, because of my raw emotion and compassion that it seemed like God just led others to me, so He could work through my pain, my weakness rather than a “put together” Peggy… God used the pieces, my vulnerability, and even my unhealthy choices or relationships to speak to others. Yet I held back (even still do) because of feeling my own inadequacies of not having healthy relationships or being a shining example of God from ministry or getting involved and wonder often how can I help others when I’m still in the process of healing. It’s when I know it’s God and not me. I’m finding so much strength and healing from this study.
Restoring the confidence to allow God to work good or complete what He has started
in me, in my journey, and especially His will for what He desires me to do!
Thanks for pointing out this quote. I did not realize it was DOUBT whispering this to me.
I have so many highlighted. I’m so thankful “God is not limited by my limitations”.So hoping that I’m able to “Turn away”and “turn towards God…”. I love how Renee tells us to look to His strengths instead of focus on our weaknesses!! AMEN!
Today I got stuck I think in the timeline. I was recently divorced and the issues surrounding it are rippling into now. I realized today that I have not dealt with the sadness and pain as much as now. I must have been on adrenaline to just get through it. I prayed and God was with me. I felt so much better in January and then in February now, I feel like it’s happening all over again. I get emotional alot and my docs think that is normal but my family and someone I love thinks something is wrong with me and nobody would have me because of it. It’s taking me longer to go through the book because I can so relate to it and the need to listen to it and I don’t want to miss anything. I realized that I”m probably not made normal. When I feel sad, I really feel sad, when I’m excited, I really get excited. I’m very sensitive and this is not working in my favor when dealing with past traumas. I went by my church and sat after work and prayed that God show me the truth as I am confused on things. I sat there and the story of the Samaritan woman came to me and that story means so much to me now. I’ve been divorced twice by abusive men. My father, also abusive. I want to break that cycle. I met a very good Christian man and I asked God in church today to fill me with living water because I wanted to be a whole person. I know I’m different but I’ve never felt to alone in my life. I’ve prayed for my adult children for 2 years with no response as if I never existed and I don’t know why. I think now I know why, it’s because of my emotions. I don’t know if Satan is putting doubt in my mind about a situation that I thought I was sure on. I told God, I needed some sign to show me as I’m so confused now. Seems when I feel ok to trust someone, then something happens to break that. I enjoy reading and being a part of this class. I’m admitting though I need prayer as I really dealing with all this alone and no family at all. I’m going to sit tonight and read more to catch up. My timeline is so depressing. I think it is a good thing to do but at the same time, I don’t want to remember all that stuff. I only hope and pray that my future is not going to be a repeat of the past.
Jennifer, I understand. I have been divorced over 3 years and I am just now able to think about it without breaking down. My highs are highs and my lows are lows too. Don’t rush the healing, especially just because your loved ones think you should be farther along in the process. You are right where you need to be.
Amen, I wholeheartedly agree with Bev. Don’t rush this process. I grew up with someone I loved very much telling me I was “too sensitive” because my highs were hi and my lows were really low. I do everything “deeply” and I used to hate that. But then I realized it’s equipped me for what God has called me to do – to love women and listen and understand. Most of the time those people who say we “feel” too much say it b’c they want us to hurry up and feel better b/c they dont’ want us to feel sad – sometimes b/c its’ just hard for them, other times it’s because it’s inconvenient for them.
I encourage you to take your time with Jesus and soak it all in. There is no hurry. Your wholeness and healing with HIM are what matters most. He loves you and we valued you so much!! Thank you for sharing your hearts with us!
Thank you Renee because I in my heart feel that even though I am sensitive, that is what may make me better as a nurse practitioner. I’ve been in this career for 20 years and I can detach from it when I need to but mostly I do feel I an understand and I’ve heard from other patients they like me because I listen to them longer. I think being really sensitive can be a blessing and a curse sometimes at the same time. I’m almost at the point of accepting that by age 48 that is me and how God made me and why would I want to change his works? He loves me and I know that for sure and that is my grounding. Your book has been so helpful at a point in my life that I so needed to read, it’s really a blessing to me. I just want you to know that. For many years I too thought of God the Father as an image of my father and I couldn’t believe He would always love me but I’m very certain in the past couple of years especially that He listens to us but His time is different than our own and He knows what we can take and what we can’t. I just talk to Him in my quiet place every day and let go.
Jennifer
We greive over many sad things in our lives, it is a natural process. We are all made differently and we will process at the speed we have been designed. Some days will be good, others seem like we are a square one again. You are so loved by your heavenly Father, He sees you and hears your every word.
Continue reading, praying and search out what He would have you do. Praying and beleiving in you and your journey.
Thank you Judy. I will certainly be doing that. I remember somewhere somebody said that God is not the author of confusion and that comes to mind alot to me lately when things get really confusing.
Amy, I hope you get to read this. My oldest daughter is Aspergers, with sensory disorders. I still have people tell me (family too) that I just spoiled her. Looking at the world through a child that has a special view of the world is a blessing. I have finally got to a point that I feel it an honor that God gave me each of my children with their own special needs. Even the most “normal” one is special in His sight. My youngest daughter is taking Psychology classes that are trying to say that there is no such thing as “high functioning Autism”. You can change the name, but I know this girl is special and God made her that way. She is a diesel mechanic, because God gave her a different way of looking at the world she is one of the best.
So, I just wanted to say, I am finally at a place where I am thankful for each of my children, even the “normal” one. They are blessings for the Lord, and I look to the day they will rise of and call me blessed.
Hi Deena,
I share with Amy that we just found out our daughter Aster has Apraxia which is a severe expressive language disorder caused by a break down in her neurological motor planning.!Before her diagnosis some people who are very close to us said Aster didn’t talk b/c we didn’t make her, and she didn’t have to learn b/c we just guessed at what she wanted and gave it to her.
It has been hard but as you shared it is also such a blessing to see the world through the eyes and needs of a special needs child. God is teaching me so much about His love for me and my need for HIM through this. She is HIS gift to me each day!! Blessings to you and all your wonderful children!
I was helped to see the section about other triggers of doubt especially how criticism can overshadow positive compliments and cause us to compare ourselves to others and I stay stuck in the conflict and the criticism seems to overtake my every thought. Then as you said, we take our eyes off God’s strength and instead stay focused on our weaknesses. Philippians 4:13 ” I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Is a verse I thank the Lord for and that it has become burned in my heart and mind. It has been a tremendous help to me in the past and I will trust God’s power and strength for the rest of my life, for I am very weak and I acknowledge my great need for Him. Please pray for my health as I have been struggling for about 3 years and there is one challenge after another. Yet, I know who is in control and I am still standing as, I hope, a beacon of light for Him and pray that others will see Him and not me as I move on and out of the shadows.
I haven’t read ch 5 yet, but I soooo identify with those first few sentences. Can’t wait to read it!
Hi Renee,
I don’t have the book to study along with, but just watching the video’s and reading your Blog has touched my heart and brought me closer to GOD. GOD ROCKS and so do you. I loved what Shanna said about having value not because of anything I have done, but because I am his child who is dearly loved. Inspiration is all around us, we just have to know where to look. Thanks for giving me the directions.
Hi friends~
My given name is Lucinda which means”light”. I was born on my paternal grandmothers birthday and given her first name and my maternal grandmothers middle name of Kay. I have had to learn to like my name and have been able to live more fully with it after renewing my life with Christ.( Being a tom boy Lucinda doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue when I was up to bat!- hence Lou) My grandmother was very much a light/leader in the family and in her church. I was blessed with receiving her Bible that had a bookmark in Psalms.. now I will have to go back and see if it is referenced to light.
Anyway I’m looking forward to studying this chapter in that was what captured my attention for this book, was Renee’s experince of turning toward the light and with the shadows. Will update later this week,
Smiles and hugs
Lou AKA Lucinda
Thats Awesome Lou! its so nice to have a special meaning behind ur name esp for someone special like ur grandmother and who she was n person n how she lived…you are a reflection of her!!! i have a good friend whose name is Ida La Luz ….and her last name means “the Light” she is a strong believer loves the Lord!
Thank you for sharing the meaning behind your name and how you’ve come to like it and you’ve come to love HIM! I see His light shining in you here as you encourage and love on so many others. I’m thankful for the work He’s doing in your life. It’s shines brightly!!
Years ago, when my son was just diagnosed with autism, I walked into a conversation with my sister-in-law saying that there was really nothing wrong with my son, that I just wanted attention. My sister told me that she had wondered why I couldn’t control his behavior. It hurts to be judged by others, especially when you are doing the best you can. I kept telling myself that God knows my heart and he alone is my judge. I appreciate being able to be a part of this book and Bible study to arm myself with the God’s truths, by memorizing scriptures that I can call to mind in times of need. Thank you, Renee, for helping me to be a more confident Mom.
I can so relate. That was really rude of her to say that to you. Things that people say like that, do they really know how hurtful they are to hear? I’ve been around people like that and just nod my head in wonder.
I will be praying for you as I know you must have alot on your plate right now. I think you are special in God’s eyes and He will protect you and comfort you where people can’t do that. I have learned that lesson the hard way with my own family.
Im so sorry Amy. I can’t imagine how hard that must have been. People are so quick to judge but until we’ve walked in someone else’s shoes we really have no idea what they are going through. I pray that God has surrounded you with support and love of those who understand and appreciate all you’re doing for your son.
We just found out our daughter Aster has Apraxia which is a severe expressive language disorder caused by a break down in her neurological motor planning. She’s three and only able to say a few words and they are not clear. It’s all very new since she was just diagnosed recently. It’s been so hard and heart-breaking to walk through such an unexpected and unknown path. But the most important thing has been talking to other moms who understand,. who affirm my feelings, share resources and ideas, and offer encouragement or prayer. I pray God brings you that too!
So glad you are in our group and reading through this book too. I pray He increases your confidence each day as a mom!
I completely understand, Amy. My daughter has Asperger’s, which is a high functioning autism. She is so high functioning that she was 14 before she was officially diagnosed. I had parents and friends say hurtful things when she would have one of her melt downs and it made me feel like a bad mom for not being able to help her any better. I know that because of my background in social work and psychology I was able to help her become so high functioning without knowing what was going on with her, but there were some behaviors that I just didn’t know what to do with.I had her diagnosed when things hit a peak while my husband was deployed to Iraq. I was struggling with my own set of issues with him being gone and I also have a son younger than her and I run my own business. Things just got to be too much for me. She has been a very difficult child to raise, but with God’s guidance she is now 17, driving her own car, working a part time job, involved in band, debate, and one act play. These are all things I was never sure she would be able to do completely independently. I thank God daily for what He has given me with her and the lessons I have learned from having a child with Asperger’s. The journey has not been an easy one, but I see that God can work in each and every situation. Hang in there and I’ll be praying for you.
Blessings everyone,
This is MY WORD for 2012 and my verse! Each SONday I share paintings from Thomas Kinkade from his book “Passages of Light” with a Scripture! I’m so looking forward to reflecting MORE of His Light and what Chapter 5 holds for each of us!
I’m so blessed by this!
With LIGHT as my 2012 WORD, God led me to this beautiful song today with LIGHT as its main theme Heavenly Worship with Heidi Baker As I’m reading Chapter 5, soaking in this Light and song, makes a wonderful time and I just had to share. So much of Chapter 4 sounds like Renee is writing my story. I always wondered why I identified with “Sam” whenever I read her story before or heard someone speak upon the Samaritan woman… and it’s not because I had 5 husbands… never has any book so clearly spoke truth into my past, my brokenness, my stuffed pains and touched me so deeply. Thanks Renee for going deep and showing us how to reflect the Light and move out of the shadow or darkness, to better understand. Thank you and thank You,sweet Jesus!
I hope someone listens to this song and is blessed or touched and that it ministers to you like it blessed me.
How cool is it that we don’t have to BE the light, we only have to REFLECT the light, like a mirror. Mirrors are only effective if they reflect what we want to see… in this case, the Light of the World.
Doesn’t that take off so much pressure – that we don’t have to BE the LIGHT – He just calls us to point others to HIM?? And to reflect HIS love in us as we live in IT!
Oh that I would remember to just keep my eyes on HIM and all that He is so that others would be drawn to Christ – the Light of the World – who lives in me!
My nephew has a shirt that says on the front, “Be the moon” on the back it says “reflect the SON” with a cross on it! I want to be the moon!
Blessings,
I am facing a life decision right now that I have been praying and asking God to give me wisdom and discernment about. Reading Chapter 5 last night felt like it was speaking just to me. I was moved on Page 88 and 89 in the discussion about Gideon–“often God will call you beyond your limitations to do something that requires faith. It’s not so much about what He wants you to do as what He wants to do in you, as you depend on Him.”
I felt like these words were speaking to what I am wrestling with and am thanking God as I make that turn that you speak of in the book, toward Him and away from the doubts that I may feel about my abilities.
Amen, I am praying for you Jennifer! Keep turning towards the truth. God knows just what you need and only HE could time it to speak to you the way He did on these pages this week. Love that you are seeking and hearing HIM!
I definitely feel called for something that I think is beyond me right now….going to just step out and do it in faith.
As I read chapter 5 this morning. It jumped out at me that I can ask God to help me with one specific issue from my past at a time. And today I asked him to help me heal from being told I have no credibility with coworkers from a past supervisor because of differences in education levels. I asked God for a bible verse to help me know he is with me and will help me to know this person was wrong. The verses I came across in my reading this morning were from Isaiah 41: 9-13. It reminded me that God will help me and uphold me not matter what others may say about me or believe about me. I have value not because of anything I have done, but because I am his child who is dearly loved.
Isaiah 41: 9-13
I took you from the ends of the earth; from its farthest corners I called you. I said, “You are my servant; I have chosen you and have not rejected you. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish. Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all. For I am the LORD, your GOD, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear I will help you.
Shanna, that was a very lovely testimony. Thank you for sharing.
Love this verse….and so needed it today! I particularly love the part that says that He has chosen me and not rejected me. Rejection has become a feeling that I had almost gotten used to…but I know that it is not God’s plan for me to live in those shackles.
I just love how God finds little ways to speak to us when we need it most! Thanks for being a part of that for me today 🙂
When we focus our attention on ourselves, we turn our attention away from God. This is so true and I see so many parents modeling this self-centered ness for their children which creates young people who look to their own devices instead of the true source of light. I tell parents all the time ” you have to handle things so your kids can”. And the only way to handle doubts is to look toward the LIGHT.
Thank you for sharing that scripture. It helps to be reminded that God is there for us when it seems like no one else is.
Thank you Shanna for this verse. I was laid off of my job with circumstances that were not correct. I found this verse to be helpful. A good reminder that God is with us no matter what others think.
Really resonated with your testimony! Thank you for sharing it.
Loved the verses…it is so reassuring that our God is always on our side. He gives us the strength n power to face each day n each situation. i love the fact that i can hold on to his hand n he will fight fir me…seeing me through each challenge o trial w victory!!! Thanks fir the reminder and the encouragement!!!
I grabbed on to that verse a long time ago Shanna Thank you for reminding me to hold on to it! Words can come and go but they hurt and I have to consciously push them away and turn toward how god feels about me, the words that hurt stay much easier than turning…But God!!!
Thank you Ladies,
I needed that today and just lately. So many times, I feel like I’m not good enough in past jobs and sometimes even in my new one. This Scripture comes close to me that God is always near, guiding me, walking with me, and sometimes carrying me in all of these things. Even when people hurt you and make you feel less or incapable of anything, God is always there. Wow that was wonderful! God is awesome!!!
Thank you for sharing – this is beautiful and such powerful promises from GOD – I work in the law field and right now – many challenges, stress, people angry – and I am plugging into GOD to glorify HIM in conflict – because folks on my job are just hurting people – this is a great reminder to me – to not defend my judgement calls and decisions – GOD is a protector and Defender. Just today, I came home with tears of gratitude because I did not ‘yell and attack” a co-worker who yelled and attacked me – I merely stated the legal issues in a calm manner and the results – matter resolved – NOW THAT is GOD – Praise GOD –